Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dā́ˀbtei

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Unclear:

Per Derksen, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *d⁽ʰ⁾eh₂bʰ-.
The LIV (which provides a pre-form *dābye-) tentatively suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰṓbʰ-ye-ti, from *dʰebʰ-, whence also Sanskrit दभ् (dabh).^[1]
Karaliūnas draws comparison with English dab, Dutch dabben, which are probably of expressive origin.

See literature for further discussion.

Verb

*dā́ˀbtei

to strike, to smack

Inflection

Present: 1p. sg. *dā́ˀbiōˀ (ye-present)
Preterite: 1p. sg. *dā́ˀbjam (ė-preterite)

Descendants

East Baltic:^[2]
- Latvian: dâbt
- Lithuanian: dóbti

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰebʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 132
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “dobti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134

Karaliūnas, Simas (1970), “Baltų šaknis {*dēb-} 'mušti, smogti, kirsti'”, in Baltistica, pages 241-247
Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “dobti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 341

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰebʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 132

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “dobti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134

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